Deposit and geoenvironmental models for resource exploitation and environmental security : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Deposit and Geoenvironmental Deposit Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security, Mátrah

Geological processes affect the earth itself and human society. Solutions to geological problems, whether natural or man-made, demand close international collaboration. This book presents new approaches to current problems of environmental assessment, demonstrates the interactions between those involved in addressing global problems, and represents a means for the education of others. The book focuses on four major themes: geoenvironmental models, GIS methods and techniques, assessment and resource management, and resource policies and sustainable development. The major topics falling under each theme are introduced, followed by discussions of specific applications. Reports of the discussions of working groups are also presented to round out the individual contributions. The disciplines represented include geology, geophysics, geochemistry, remote sensing, economics, biology, mining engineering, resource analysis, mathematics and statistics. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Geoenvironmental Models....Pages 3-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Geoenvironmental Assessments....Pages 45-64 Photo Ecometrics for Natural Resource Monitoring....Pages 65-80 Multiple Data Layer Modeling and Analysis in Assessments....Pages 81-100 A Strategy for Sustainable Development of Nonrenewable Resources using Spatial Prediction Models....Pages 101-118 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Mineral-Deposit models....Pages 121-134 Geologic Information for Aggregate Resource Planning....Pages 135-149 Environmental Impacts Of Mining Natural Aggregate....Pages 151-169 Application Of The Porphyry Copper/Polymetallic Vein Kin Deposit System To Mineral-Resource Assessment In The Mátra Mountains, Northern Hungary....Pages 171-186 The Assessment And Analysis Of Financial, Technical And Environmental Risk In Mineral Resource Exploitation....Pages 187-211 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 A Hierarchical Model of Collaborative Resource Management....Pages 215-241 Environmental and Resource Planning: Methodologies to Support the Decision Making Process....Pages 243-267 Implementation of Environmental Systems in Compliance with ISO 14001 Standard in the Context of SMEs in Northwestern Italy....Pages 269-276 Asset Life-Cycle in the Mining Industry....Pages 277-290 Industrial Ecology and Bioremediation....Pages 291-302 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 Land-Use Change and Vulnerability as a Result of Coal Mining Activities....Pages 305-344 The Impact of Mining on The Environment....Pages 345-364 Environmental Impact of Mine Liquidation on Groundwater and Surface Water....Pages 365-384 Protection of Groundwater Resources Quality and Quantity in Mining Areas....Pages 385-397 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Irresistible Holes in the Ground....Pages 401-404 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Environmental Security and Radioactive Contaminantion....Pages 405-408 A PC-Based Information System for the Management and Modelling of Subsurface Coal Fires in Mining Areas (Coalman)....Pages 409-424 Integrated Modelling of ACID Mine Drainage Impact on a Wetland Stream using Landscape Geochemistry, GIS Technology and Statistical Methods....Pages 425-448 Assessment of Mining Induced Environmental Degradation Using Satellite Data and Predictive Models....Pages 449-460 Environmental Impact of Exploration of Pyrite and Stibnite in the Malé Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia....Pages 461-470 Partitioning of Heavy Metals in Sequential Extraction Fractions in Soils Developed over the Historical “Sv. Jakob” Silver Mine, Mount Medvednica, Croatia.....Pages 471-481 Front Matter....Pages 483-483 Report of Working Group I....Pages 485-499 Report of Working Group II....Pages 501-505 Report of Working Group III....Pages 507-509 Report of Working Group IV....Pages 511-523 Report of Working Group V....Pages 525-532 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Matrahaza, Hungary, 6-19 September 1998